Re: GtkTextView and bidi text

[Dov Grobgeld <dov grobgeld gmail com>]

Sorry for not being clear. I actually meant that it should be controllable
by the programmer.

Looking at the documentation for GtkTextTag I realized that there is a
property "direction", that by default has the value GTK_TEXT_DIR_NONE .
What happens if you change it to GTK_TEXT_DIR_LTR? Will it not override the
automatic calculation of the base direction? If not, it is a bug that can
easily be fixed. I can think of no other use for this property that makes
sense.

And you are never helpless as long as you have the source. Of course you
have a complexity barrier and learning curve. But it is much better than
the being blindfolded. ;-)

Regards,
Dov

On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 23:36, Ferdinand Ramirez <
ramirez ferdinand yahoo com> wrote:

> --- On Mon, 4/23/12, Dov Grobgeld <dov grobgeld gmail com> wrote:
>
> > Lots of years ago we spoke about having a direction override as a
> paragraph
> > attribute, but we never got around to implementing it.
>
> I think it is a good idea to give control to the programmer rather than
> make it automatic.
>
> Making everything automatic and making the programmer feel helpless is the
> Microsoft way. There, now that I've insulted you, I am sure you will
> consider adding this feature. :-)
>
> Seriously, this should not even be at the paragraph level, but in the
> complete control of the programmer. The programmer should be able to set
> the direction and this should hold until it is set again. Even if the
> automatic direction detection exists, there should be the ability to
> override it.
>
> -Ferdinand